"The Diary of Anne Frank" (2009) TV series

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Seasons:

1

Genre:

Biography | Drama | War

Plot:

Based on the diary of a teenage girl in hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Plot Keywords:

Anne Frank | Character Name In Title

Cast

Ellie Kendrick	...	Anne Frank (5 episodes, 2009)
Kate Ashfield	...	Miep Gies (4 episodes, 2009)
Geoff Breton	...	Peter Van Daan (4 episodes, 2009)
Roger Frost	...	Mr Kleiman (4 episodes, 2009)
Iain Glen	...	Otto Frank (4 episodes, 2009)
Tamsin Greig	...	Edith Frank (4 episodes, 2009)
Lesley Sharp	...	Petronella Van Daan (4 episodes, 2009)
Ron Cook	...	Hermann Van Daan (3 episodes, 2009)
Tim Dantay	...	Mr Kugler (3 episodes, 2009)
Mariah Gale	...	Bep Voskuijl (3 episodes, 2009)
Felicity Jones	...	Margot Frank (3 episodes, 2009)

Runtime:

150 min (5 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:PG

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Version of Dagboek van Anne Frank (1962) (TV)

Very true to the book and the house

My wife read the Diary of Anne Frank last year for English class, and when we visited Amsterdam we went to see the house.

The house in this TV series is exactly the same as the real house, almost to the extent that I wonder if they filmed it there.

The story as told in this series is very close to the book and shows Anne as she shows herself in her diary. An intelligent, boisterous, moody, lively teenage girl.

The fact that she was SO full of energy and ideas and yet was cooped up in those rooms for so long is the really moving thing about the book I think and they have captured it very well in the series.

This BBC drama feels completely authentic, I can't think of anything to criticise it about at all!